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Guitar by *FilmCollective:iconFilmCollective:

Categories Photography > Still Life

©2005-2009 *FilmCollective
:iconfilmcollective:

Artist's Comments

User: ~apinrise

Technical Data

Nikon F55 / Nikkor 28-80mm
35mm / Kodak Tri-X 400 ISO (developed in X-Tol 1:1)
Printed on Ilford Variable Contrast Resin Coated
Ilford 5 contrast filter
I forget the exposure but i was fully stopped down to get as much
sharpness as i could

Exposure Data

Metered off my hand in front of the guitar and stopped down one, and
bracketed. Trying different negs to see which would give me my desired
effect in the darkroom.
Zoomed to 80mm to get smallest aperture and to flatten the image as
much as possible.
Used a tripod due to indoor indecent lights and to ensure perfect
sharpness.
Set timer to avoid camera shake, again, to ensure as crisp lines as
possible.

Critique

I'd like to know if the sound hole should get a longer burn time or
would that make the piece seem too abstract?

Similarily, would some dodging at the top where you can start to see
the wood detail coming through hurt or help the image?

Is the light detail on the pick guard distracting or seem to grainy?

Although 400 was all i had available, do you think i should re-shoot
the image with a slower, finer grained ISO?

Daily Deviation

Given 2006-01-12

Guitar by *FilmCollective takes your eye around the picture over and over with its simple shapes and high contrast. (Suggested by ~neutral-cat and Featured by `hesitation)

Comments


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:iconmatthewmorse:
~MatthewMorse Jan 13, 2006, 10:48:59 AM
Good luck with it!

Let me know if I can help you out with anything else!

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"Eventually scientists will discover something that explains ghosts...And then ghosts won't be mysteries. They will be like electricity and rainbows and nonstick frying pans."

-from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Ha
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~PrettyvEgg Jan 13, 2006, 5:06:14 PM
Awsome!!! Congrats on the DD Ryan.......It's about time I think! Oh well maybe I'm Biased?
Anyway, this is truly an amazing shot, even though it is simple yet stunning it brings your eyes to a different spot each time you look at it.!!
Great work :-)

Kim

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"Over the years she learned, there is no way to be a perfect Mother and a thousands of ways to be a Good one"
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~pro-violence Jan 13, 2006, 10:35:30 PM
ah, yeah covering the paper during exposure is called dodging, I figured thats what you ment but wasnt sure. No worries, Im new to photography as well, but Im taking a class so Im learning all this stuff. I enjoy talking to people who know about traditional photography and its techniques so...I dont find many people like that on here so maybe we can become friends. :)

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If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all.
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~TheAnonymuncle Jan 14, 2006, 1:26:41 PM
I'd not object to that at all. Never a bad way to learn.


Anywho. I really appreciate the deviant watch.

Happy shooting!
:iconpro-violence:
~pro-violence Jan 16, 2006, 3:02:54 AM
You too

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If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all.
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~Deus-Redux Jan 17, 2006, 4:37:17 PM
Burning the sound hole might be a good idea, but I'd also look at doing something to prevent the way the photo runs into the frame. The lack of a clear distinction between the frame and the image upsets the piece a bit in my opinion.
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~ahkaou Jan 20, 2006, 8:03:28 AM
so is that guitar a print or a photo? it was taken and shot in a darkroom?

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-Sealed with a kiss-
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~ahkaou Jan 20, 2006, 8:05:44 AM
"dodging means not letting as much light if any touch the paper there during printing " so how does it make it brighter? so dodging is removing flare/glare , and rather making the whole think white and smooth?

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-Sealed with a kiss-
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~pro-violence Jan 20, 2006, 11:03:06 AM
Photo paper is almost like normal paper, except on one side it has emulsion. Emulsion is like a gel that is full of silver halide grains, when light hits these grains they have a reaction and become unstable. During the developing process it washes away these silver particles leaving black. So dodging means not letting light hit specific spots of the paper. So that part of the guitar where you can see the grain, if he wanted to completely remove that he could dodge (or block the light) usually using a piece of paper to cover it. Its called burning to make it darker, where you specify certain areas to get more light during the printing process. Dodging is simply not allowing light to hit specific areas of your print when exposing it to the negative. By not letting certain areas exposed as much, it keeps them grey, or if you dont let light touch them at all they will be completely white. That help?

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If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all.
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~apinrise Jan 21, 2006, 12:08:46 PM
print, photo same thing. i shot it in my bedroom with a black blanket for a backdrop. i developed the film and printed it in the darkroom.
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